Azores Situation Report Azores – Saturday 7th August 2021
From our colleague in the Azores
Open House
Hundreds of young people flocked to the Ponta Delgada Vaccination Centre, Azores, to take advantage of the first day of the “Open House”, an inoculation against Covid-19 without an appointment for adults on the island of São Miguel.
The USISM’s is aiming to vaccinate two thousand people a day and will be supported by 120 professionals, including nurses, doctors and operational assistants and technicians.
Ryanair
Ryanair airline revealed that it will increase the number of weekly flights between Lisbon and Ponta Delgada and Terceira during the winter.
The company revealed that, to Ponta Delgada, it will make 14 weekly flights to Lisbon, one more than before, and, for Terceira, seven weekly flights to Lisbon (three more).
Covid-19
3rd August 2021
17 new covid-19 positive cases were diagnosed in the Azores, 11 in São Miguel, four in Terceira, one in São Jorge and one in Pico, resulting from 2,215 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and one in non-agreed private laboratory.
In São Miguel, one of the cases corresponded to a traveller, residing in the parish of São Pedro, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, who obtained a positive result on arrival. All other cases correspond to community transmission. By municipality, Lagoa registered a new case, the municipality of Ponta Delgada registered four new cases, the council of Vila Franca do Campo registered one new case and the council of Ribeira Grande registered five new cases.
In Terceira, a non-resident traveller, in the parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Praia da Vitória, obtained a positive result, after taking a test on the 6th day with a negative result. The remaining cases corresponded to community transmission. Thus, the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo registered two new cases and the municipality of Praia da Vitória also registered two new cases.
In São Jorge, a resident traveller, in the parish of Santo Amaro, in the municipality of Velas, made an inter-island trip, obtaining a positive result upon arrival on the island.
In Pico, a non-resident traveller, in the town and municipality of Madalena, performed a test due to the presentation of symptoms, obtaining a positive result.
90 recoveries were recorded.
4th August 2021
67 new covid-19 positive cases were diagnosed in the Azores, 58 in São Miguel, five in Terceira, two in Pico, one in Faial and one in Santa Maria, resulting from 2,426 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and one in a non-agreed private laboratory.
In São Miguel, all the remaining cases correspond to community transmission. By municipality, Lagoa registered seven new cases, the municipality of Ponta Delgada registered 22 new cases, the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo registered four new cases and the municipality of Ribeira Grande registered 25 new cases.
In Terceira, all the cases are also in the context of community transmission and were fully registered in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo.
In Pico, two travellers residing in the parish of Ribeiras, municipality of Lajes, obtained positive results on the 6th day.
In Faial, a traveller residing in the parish of Conceição, municipality of Horta, made an inter-island trip, obtaining a positive result on the 6th day.
In Santa Maria, a non-resident traveller obtained a positive result on the 6th day, causing the appearance of a primary local transmission chain in the town and municipality of Vila do Porto.
48 recoveries were recorded
5th August 2021
52 new covid-19 positive cases were diagnosed in the Azores, 46 in São Miguel, three in Terceira, two in Faial and one in Santa Maria, resulting from 2,233 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and five in non-agreed private laboratory.
In São Miguel, a non-resident traveller in the parish of São Pedro, municipality of Ponta Delgada, obtained a positive result after having already performed a negative 6th day test. A non-resident traveller, in the parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Ponta Delgada, obtained a positive result on the 6th day. A resident traveller, in the parish of Rosto do Cão (Livramento), municipality of Ponta Delgada, also obtained a positive result on the 6th day. All other cases correspond to community transmission. By municipality, Lagoa registered four new cases, the municipality of Ponta Delgada registered 19 new cases, the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo registered 10 new cases and the municipality of Ribeira Grande registered 13 new cases.
In Terceira, a traveller residing in the parish of Altares, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, obtained a positive result on the 6th day. The remaining cases correspond to community transmission. In the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo there were two new cases and in the municipality of Praia da Vitória one new case was registered.
In Faial, two resident travellers, one in the parish of Angústias and the other in the parish of Praia do Norte, obtained positive results on the 6th day.
In Santa Maria there was also a new case, the origin of which has yet to be determined.
51 recoveries were recorded.
6th August 2021
55 new positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with 38 on São Miguel island, eight on Terceira island, six on Faial island , two on Pico island, and one on São Jorge island, arising from 1,936 tests carried out in reference laboratories of the region, and one in a private non-contracted laboratory.
On the island of São Miguel, one traveller non-resident in the civil parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Ponta Delgada, tested positive on arrival. All the other cases are the result of community transmission. By municipalities, three new cases were recorded in Lagoa, 18 in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, two in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, and 15 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande.
On Terceira, one traveller non-resident in the civil parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Praia da Vitória, tested positive on arrival. Another traveller resident in the civil parish of Fonte do Bastardo, municipality of Praia da Vitória, tested positive on day 6. The remaining cases are the result of community transmission chain. There were two new cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and six in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
On the island of Faial, one traveller resident in the civil parish of Angústias, municipality of Horta, tested positive on day 6, one resident inter-island traveller tested positive on day 6 and started a new primary local transmission chain in Horta. The other cases are the result of a previous chain.
On the island of Pico, one traveller non-resident in the town and municipality of Madalena, tested positive on day 6, one traveller resident in the town and municipality of Lajes tested positive on day 6 and started a new primary local transmission chain
On the island of São Jorge, one non-resident inter-island traveller tested positive on arrival in Santo Amaro, municipality of Velas.
47 recoveries were recorded.
As of today, eight patients are hospitalised: four in Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (one of which in ICU), three in Santo Espírito Hospital, in Angra do Heroísmo (one of which in ICU), and one in the Hospital of Horta.
Currently, there are 541 active positive cases the archipelago, with 410 on São Miguel, 91 on Terceira, 13 on Santa Maria, 10 on Faial, eight on São Jorge, eight on Pico island, and one on Flores island.
With the emergence of three new primary local transmission chains in the past 24 horas, there are seven now: two on Pico, two on São Jorge, one on Santa Maria, one on Faial, and one on Flores. To date, 222 have been extinguished on all islands. There are 1,627 people under active surveillance today.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 7,915 positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores, 7,181 people have recovered from the disease, 38 died, 89 left the archipelago and 66 provided evidence of previous cure. To date, 653,675 tests have been carried out for SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease.
From 31st December 2020 to 2nd of August, 145,562 people in the Azores have been vaccinated with the first dose (61.5 per cent) and 137,897 with complete vaccination (58.2 per cent), within the Regional Vaccination Plan.